LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7401, 17 September 1902, Page 4

LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

[Hy Electric Telegraph-Copyright. 1 [Per Press Association.] Los no:;, September 10. J Tho Daily Express states thatlhcj War Office is preparing a sweeping rearmament scheme, which includes iinpreeedentcdly powerful ('iiiek-fmt.g horse artillery, fitted with new mccbttni.m, minimising labour Mid lessening the cxposmo of tho artillerymen. The Daily Mail states tbat tho Buttsh I'ailmal'crs' Association, comprising eight firm*, with a shato capital of £12,000,000, has been successfully formed to control the prices and icgolate the output.

Tho Arbitrate-!' has given his award iiri favour of rtducing the wnges of 70,000 bYotthh colliers by C| per con', to a minimum of iis Od per day. Ah analysis of tne Derby picß revealed tbo bacilli cf coio_, a group easily conveyed in the air. The condition of tho pig from which tho pica wcr- made did not contribute to their contamination. British firms havo lately fupplied .0 engines, each of ICO ton., nnd -00 mi.'es of raijs for the -truth African railway.. liming the gales on the British cor.'-i nina Calais ctrd vessel, foundered in t'n'r Korlh Sea, and 00 persons were dtotvnrd. Tho st-amer Berwick, of Hartlepool, wns lott 01. the Firth of Forth. The captain ai,d 10 ot th? crew tu-r(-drowned.

The King ar.d tho P.inco of Wa''.? while grouse shooting nt Invcrcalil in hail, fleet, awl n; ow, in,crminr>!cd v.i.h incest-ant rain. Etc-ured a good lag . Sydij-v September 10. Mr Lee rtsigned the leader.-hip of the Opposition on the ground of ill-hcallli. Mki.-Ouhnk, September ll'. Tho Tariff Kill received 1 ord Tcneyeon's signature to-day. The Bill datc-a from October last. Pahis, September 111.

Tito French journals, in Apologising for the heedlessness of tho speech of 11. Pelletan (Minister of Marine) at Ajnecio, , fissures Italy that, French defences ore j not aimed nt Italy. Bomk, Scpternber 10. Tho French Minister lo tho Vatican having supported tho newspaper Matin's rcqurst for on interview with the Rope. Cardir.nl Rampolla, tbo Pope's Secretary of State, in a letter to tho French Minister, stated that tho Popo was resolved not to utter words for or against the French Government's policy, recalculated to fan party politics. Tho interview was refused. Bombay, Septembor IG. Floods in Southern Bengal destroyed 25 villages and two bridge*. Tho damage ib estimated at two lakhs of rupees. Six thousand persons have been rendered homeless, chiefly along tho Brahmin river.

Capetown, September 10. When the Indemnity Act becomes opsrative in Capo Colony m a few diys hence, Sir Gordon Sprig;* wiii advise the repeal of martial law and tbe enforcement of tho Peaco Preservation Act, which will give tho colony control of importation nnd registration ot arras and ammunition

Pekin, September 10.

Holtoii, a Japanese, has beeo appointed president of the Pekin Univcrfity, and another Japaneso Professor of Political Economy. New York, September 10 The Governor of Manitoba entertained Sir.Edmund Barton at Winnipeg. Caii-tov.-.v, Srptcmber Hi. A Cattle {slaughtering ar.d Cold

Storage Tinning Company is organising nt a Cerman South-wo3t African senpot't. The German Government premises tho company an army contract. New York, September 10. '- It is understood that Mr Pierpont ■Morgan has purchased Mr J. It. Ellermon's fivo steamers engaged in the Antwerp-Montrenl trade.

Mr Ellertr.an continues th.ir manag. inent under Morgan.

Buisuank, September IG,

Tho Miowirn, with Modamo Melba aboard, is expected at midnight, and a groat crowd is waiting to welcome her. Sydney, September 10.

A dispute has arisen between tho New South Walos and Federal Governments in reference to tho property at Dawes' Point whereon tho Commandant's Hou _ is situated.

In tho Assembly tho Promier, Sir John Sco, denied that it was included in the property transferred to tho Commonwealth. Sir W. Lyno had stated that he intonded to enforce tho Federal claim and threatened to Bend tho military to carry out his threat.

f_ir John Sco replied that tho binvi South Wales Government was equally determined to retain the property, and would send tho police lo arrest the military.